Evil guinea is killing my sweet rooster!

[OccamsTazer]

Help!
I have one rooster, Tufts. Tufts is a gentle soul, he never bothers anyone and is very sweet to his hens. I have two guineas, a hen and a cock.
In the last few weeks, as spring has begun to get going, the guinea cock has become a murderous sociopath. I've caught him beating up hens a few times, and yanking feathers off Tufts, but nothing serious.
I pulled into the driveway tonight just in time to see Guinea killing Tufts. He was standing on Tufts' back, ripping out feathers. Tufts had his head stuck through the fence, I guess protecting his eyes. His (pea) comb is quite bloody. I charged screaming at the guinea and ran him off.
Tufts did not get up. He just layed there, trembling. I picked him up and held him and petted him until he stopped shaking, then gave him some corn. I didn't doctor on him tonight, because I thought he'd had enough stress. There are a few raw places that will need some cleaning tomorrow, but it wasn't too serious in any one spot.
What can I do?
I have the guineas for tick control, and I'd like to keep them, but NOT at the expense of my sweet rooster. Would peepers help?

Also, he might be acting so evil towards Tufts because Tufts is disabled. He and his late brother Godzilla are Ideal 236's, and they (my boys, not all Ideals) have very poor legs. Tufts is healthy in general, but rather feeble in the legs. He sits down a lot. It's not dietary, as all other birds are fine, and they eat a proper diet. Has to be something genetic. Could the disability have something to do with the guinea being so horrible to him?

I'll eat the guinea if I have too, but I don't want the (very pleasant-tempered) hen to be lonely, and I like the tick control.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Are your chickens and guineas kept in the same pen together? If the answer to this is yet, kick those guineas out of the pen. They can go roost in a tree or something. What a brat!

 

[Lollipop]

That`s normal guinea stuff. He`s all hormoned out at this time of year. Pen the rooster and let the guinea do his thing in the yard........Pop

 

[speckledhen]

Typical. I will never house guineas with my chickens again. They are ruthless. Mine hated all my red chickens plus my BR rooster. They were rehomed and they were really tame with us, too.

 

[sourland]

they have to be seperated or the guinea will kill the rooster. Then he'll probably start on the hens.

 

[CityClucks]

We never kept our chickens and guineas together either - get rid of the guinea roo and get another guinea hen. Poor Tufts.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

We had guineas once. They actually terrorized our hens to the point they stopped laying.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

The exact reason I canned my guineas, they were relentless towards my roos.

 

[OccamsTazer]

Yikes, sounds like I'm not a lone case of guinea evil.

Will the hen be lonely if she is the only guinea? I'd like to keep her, because she's nice and the ticks are TERRIBLE here, but I don't want her to have a miserable existence.

You guys are about to make my SO very happy. Canning Mr. G means I'll be cooking a big french meal this weekend.

Tufts seemed well this morning, I think he is over his trauma. I checked his wounds and everything looked pretty good, so I let him be.
Thanks for the support

 

[tinychicky]

Get rid of the guinea, but please don't eat him! i can't stand the thought! even if he is mean, please don't! i feel VERY bad for the rooster, but don't sentence the guinea to death.please?!!!